By Dr Irwin Lim on July 21, 2016

In the post, “We need the prefiled Methotrexate subcutaneous injection pen in Australia!”, I wrote the following: "In Europe and North America, ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on June 28, 2016

Hydroxychloroquine or Plaquenil is a medication used widely in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus). It’s really considered quite a gentle ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on June 19, 2016

The take-home message from the recent EULAR congress in London for me was that I should be using subcutaneous Methotrexate (MTX) more. There was of ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on June 6, 2016

Oh no. Bad press for Methotrexate. “Worrying rise in accidental overdose of prescription drug methotrexate” was the headline in the Sydney Morning ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on May 21, 2016

My colleagues are currently conducting a study looking at outcomes of pregnancies in women with inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as Rheumatoid ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 21, 2016

Like most rheumatologists in Australia, I reckon Ankylosing Spondylitis is easy to treat. Most respond to anti-inflammatory medications, either the ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on March 25, 2016

It’s always nice to have a new medication for a difficult-to-treat disease. Psoriatic arthritis can be a frustrating disease to control effectively ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on February 11, 2016

I had a conversation with a couple of new pharmaceutical brand managers. They look after a biologic DMARD and were asking the usual question of how ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on February 6, 2016

At BJC Health, we have hundreds of patients on these medications as they have really changed the outcomes for our patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on January 9, 2016

EULAR has published new guidelines for the use of medications in treating psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This update was considered necessary given new ...